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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\"></p>           LAS VEGAS (Legal Newsline)- A group of state attorneys general met in Las Vegas on Wednesday for a private meeting to discuss legal issues relating to polygamy, spokespeople said.<br /><br />In attendance were Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard.<br /><br />The meeting comes after a row between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., criticized authorities in Arizona and Utah for not doing more to crackdown on crimes in polygamous communities, such as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.<br /><br />The lengthy closed-door meeting was held at the office of Gregory Brower, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada.<br /><br />Also attending the meeting was Washington County (Utah) Sheriff Kirk Smith, Mohave County (Ariz.) Attorney Matt Smith and federal prosecutors. <br /><br />U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey recently appointed a senior Justice Department prosecutor to work with Utah, Arizona and Nevada to review how federal authorities can help investigate and prosecute polygamy-related crimes.<br /><br /><i>From Legal Newsline: Reach reporter Chris Rizo by e-mail at chrisrizo@legalnewsline.com.</i><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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